The ground breaking document enshrined gender equality, abolished polygamy and prevented men from unilaterally divorcing their wives, though it did not go so far as to guarantee women’s inheritance rights.

Women’s rights
Ennahda won 90 of the 217 seats in the north African country’s new constituent assembly following the first election after long-time dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali was toppled in January.

It has pledged to uphold civil and women’s rights.

Tunisia produced the Arab world’s first female doctor and women first voted in national elections in 1956.